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<P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">For any of you within range of ABC Nightline broadcasts, this Wednesday-Friday they will feature portions of a remarkable documentary on NK refugees in the Chinese border region. Here is the announcement from Nightline's website:</FONT></P>
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<P ALIGN=LEFT><B><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">A THREE PART SERIES ON THE PLIGHT OF NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES</FONT></B><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> </FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> </FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Dangerous conditions within North Korea's borders have made detailed reporting difficult. The true plight of this nation's refugees, most hiding in China, is not widely known and is not accurately reported. </FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> </FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Beginning Wednesday, June 5,</FONT><I></I><I></I><I> <FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Nightline</FONT></I><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> (11:35 p.m. ET) will broadcast extensive portions of Kim Jung-eun's award-winning documentary, "Shadows and Whispers." These programs examine the harsh existence and abject poverty of refugee families struggling to find a better life after illegally fleeing their home land. The three broadcast series will conclude Friday, June 7. </FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> </FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Since 1995 close to 2 million North Koreans have starved to death; some of the lucky ones that successfully fled to China, however, cope with a no less shocking reality than the unlucky. </FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> </FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Korean producer Kim Jung-eun shot most of this documentary in secret, interviewing several North Koreans who have made the journey from their home across the Tumen River into Yanji, China.</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></FONT> </P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">(<A HREF="http://abcnews.go.com/Sections/Nightline/" TARGET="_blank">http://abcnews.go.com/Sections/Nightline/</A>)</FONT></P>
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<P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Ken Kaliher</FONT></P>
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